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When I watch some of the young parents around me, trying to balance parenting of precious children with overcrowded schedules, un-weaned self-interests, too many technical gadgets, and homes bulging with clutter, I shudder.

We can't live without clean water. Canada is blessed with an abundance of lakes and rivers and has a global responsibility to manage them well.

It seems incredible but Monday evening Yorkton Council reviewed and passed its 2013 Capital Budget. It was not so many years ago Council fought with its budget process to the point it was well into the year of operations before a budget was passed.

Being Flynn (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Paul Weitz. Starring Paul Dano, Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore. Intense character piece packed with life and driven by the fire of its lead actors.

What can we do with wastes from our industrial pursuits - from fossil fuel extraction, agriculture, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing? We've been spewing lots of it into the air, but that isn't a good plan.

Three little girls passed my house as I swept the front porch. One carried a fist sized rock. "Just killed a snake," said the tallest, all proud. "Like this," said the child with the rock, tossing it down hard and picking it up again.

The other day, someone told me that they like the idea of composting. but don't know how to begin, and don't have room for a big compost bin in their yard.

Welcome to Week VIII of 'Shore Fishing the Parkland'.

Usually, my column is about random topics where I try to polarize the readers by making them agree with me whole heartedly or disagree with me to the point that you may believe I'm completely nuts.